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Finding Product-Market Fit: The Data-Led Approach

Most founders declare product-market fit too early — based on excitement, not evidence. This course teaches you to find PMF the right way: through cohort analysis, retention signals, customer surveys, and behavioural data that tells you whether you've genuinely earned the right to scale.

Module 1 is free

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Define PMF in measurable terms rather than feelings
Track the five quantitative signals of genuine PMF
Use the Sean Ellis survey correctly and interpret the results
Identify the customer segment with strongest PMF
Beginner
Level
2 hours
Duration
6
Modules

Course Modules

01

What Product-Market Fit Actually Means (and Doesn't)

FREE

The real definition of PMF — not the feeling, but the measurable signal. What it looks like in your data.

20 min
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The Five Data Signals That Indicate Genuine PMF

Retention curve shape, expansion MRR, referral behaviour, sales cycle shortening, and the NPS signal. How to track all five.

25 min
Gated

Cohort Analysis: How to Read Your Retention Curves

The single most important chart for understanding PMF — how to build it, read it, and act on what it tells you.

20 min
Gated

The Sean Ellis Survey: How to Run It and Interpret Results

The 40% benchmark, how to segment responses, and the qualitative follow-up questions that tell you what to fix.

15 min
Gated

Segmenting for PMF: Who Has It and Who Doesn't

Your best-retaining customers are signalling something. How to find the pattern and double down on it.

20 min
Gated

Platform Exercise: Build Your PMF Dashboard in VentureDeck

Set up cohort analysis, retention tracking, and PMF signals in VentureDeck so you can monitor them continuously.

10 min
Gated

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